In 2024, there were 737,142 buses and motor coaches (including trolleybuses and minibuses) in the European Union, 1,6 buses and motor coaches per 1000 inhabitants. North Macedonia with 3,690 buses or 2 buses per 1000 inhabitants is slightly above the European average.
The highest number of buses and motor coaches per 1000 people was observed in Malta (4,6), followed by Luxembourg (4,0) and Estonia (3,7). The lowest rates were observed in the Netherlands (0,5), Germany (1,0) and Austria (1,2), according to data on transport equipment published by the Eurostat.
In the region, Albania (3,8), Romania (3) and Bulgaria (2,8) have the most buses per 1.000 inhabitants. This is followed by Montenegro (2,4), Greece (2,6), Serbia (1,8), Croatia (1,5) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (1,3).
This motorization rate has remained stable in the last 10 years, while the number of passenger cars per 1000 inhabitants has significantly increased in the same period (from 506 in 2014 to 578 in 2024). Macedonia, with 319 cars per 1000 inhabitants, remains below the European average, although there has been a significant increase in the last ten years, from 180 in 2014.
According to Eurostat, on average 5,1% of the bus and motor coach fleet was renewed across the EU in 2024, while Macedonia with 379 new buses in 2024 has renewed its fleet by 10,2 percent.
The renewal rate represents the ratio of newly registered vehicles to all vehicles, excluding second-hand vehicles. In the EU, the highest renewal rate is in Luxembourg, where 11.6% of the fleet was renewed, 9.6% in the Netherlands and 9.5% in Austria. In contrast, only 0.7% of the fleet in 2024 was renewed in Bulgaria, 2.4% in Poland and 2.5% in Hungary.
Efforts to improve air quality, especially in urban areas, had a positive impact on the share of zero-emission buses and motor coaches among all new vehicle registrations. At EU level, in 2024, this share was higher than that of new passenger cars (17,8% versus 13,5%), corresponding to 6.746 newly registered buses and zero-emission buses.
In Macedonia, according to data from the State Statistical Office in 2024, out of 3.690 buses, 3.609 were diesel-powered (97,8%), 63 were gasoline-powered (1,7%) and only 15 were electric (0,4%).
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